The Board denied service connection for the veteran's right shoulder disability as there was no competent evidence relating it to his service or a service-connected condition. The Board also found that the veteran's left shoulder disability warranted a 30 percent rating.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's current right shoulder disability to any incident in service or to his service-connected left shoulder disability, and the severity of his left shoulder disability warrants a higher rating than currently assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0905153
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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